At some point very soon I need to find an appropriate way to start paring down my list of beer news each week.  The rundown is getting longer and longer and if I don’t do something about it the post will soon take me an entire day to put together.  I have other things that need attention.

Much to get to . . .

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Not only was I a little vague on the number of beers I would look back to this week when announcing my plans on Monday because I knew that I would cheat a bit on Wednesday, but also because I wanted to do the same today.

Ithaca Brute was another beer that I don’t think my palate was prepared to evaluate at the time.  I remember it for that and because it was given to me by Cousin Daniel while I was in town for Seattle Jeff’s wedding.  I also remember it because I shared the bottle with some family while up in Maine having a wonderful week of vacation.  Recreating all of those things around the beer would be tough, but just getting another bottle sometime would be great.

If I cannot get another bottle to enjoy in Maine again someday I will settle for another visit to Allagash the next time we are up there.  That was also an awesome day with family.  Click on the photos below to see my thought on the beer and the brewery at the time . . .

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As I thought of doing while writing the post for yesterday, I am going to share a few photos from my time in Syracuse over the weekend.  I did not make the effort to take notes on all of the beers I sampled, but I did get images of most of them.  On with the slide show we go . . .

After enjoying an Elysian Jasmine IPA and a Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster at The Blue Tusk with the bride and groom we headed off to Syracuse Rob’s house for some . . .

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There were also a few Clown Shoes beers and some Wagner IPAs enjoyed that evening as well.  Then there was a short trip down to Ithaca to visit family and to get to Ithaca Beer Company as the doors opened . . .

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Of course there had to be a stop a Dinosaur BBQ before leaving town . . .

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And a few non-beer photos to bring the post to a close . . .

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Cheers!

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